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Date de naissance: 1848-05-03
Date de décès: 1922-01-14
Lieu de sépulture: Eastern Cemetery, Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK
Sexe: male
Nationalité: UK
Pays (pour la carte): England, UK
Lieu de naissance: Manchester, England, UK
Lieu du décès: Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK
Lieux de résidence: 13 Portland Street, Manchester, England, UK
3 Park Row, Westminster, England, UK
Grey House, Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, UK
Penlu, Tuckingmill, Camborne, England, UK
Beauly, Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK
Études: Oxford University (Corpus Christi) (B.A. Literae Humaniores) (1872)
Oxford University (Corpus Christi) (M.A.) (1874)
Lincoln's Inn, London, England, UK (barrister-at-law) (1884)
Professions: academic lecturer
librarian
academic dean
proctor
barrister-at-law
conveyancer (tout afficher 7)
dictionary editor
Organisations: Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Court of Chancery
Oxford English Dictionary
Prix et distinctions: Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1871)
Courte biographie: Having entirely lost his hearing due to necrosis of both ears, he was compelled to give up work in the legal profession whilst still a young man. From 1912 to 1921, working entirely alone, he prepared the manuscript for letters A to T, and V, of the first edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

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The shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical… par William Little

It's great to have a Collins alongside as they compliment each other, but this is simply superb and the full 20-odd volume version is on my "when I win the lottery" shopping list.

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expatscot | 6 autres critiques | Feb 13, 2018 |

Oxford Universal Dictionary on Historical Principles par William Little

Those who urge you to throw away your old dictionary and stick with the most modern are mad, mad, mad! This is the best dictionary I have so far and I am so delighted with it. I need a dictionary to look up words I don't know, and to give subtle shadings of words I do know. This dictionary does that far better than my 1975 and 2002 dictionaries (which admittedly are shorter editions), and gives words that have fallen out of the newest in favour of "trackpants" and the like. Using the three together is an education in the evolution not only of words but of our view of them. Just a wonderful book. So pleased I found it.… (plus d'informations)

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thesmellofbooks | 6 autres critiques | Dec 12, 2010 |

The Oxford universal dictionary on historical… par William Little

(Reviewing the 1955 3rd ed. rev.) This is old and the definitions of naughty words are circumlocutional at best. However, it has marvelous things like explanations of emphatic "shall," and, being abridged, it does not require a magnifying glass to read the etymologies and first usages, which are the best part of any Oxford dictionary. It's also big enough to be used for a booster chair.

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aulsmith | 6 autres critiques | Jun 21, 2009 |

Oxford universal English dictionary on historical… par James Augustus Henry Murray, Sir

Second only to the Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare, it is the richest entrypoint into the English Language.

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paulsikora | 6 autres critiques | Nov 6, 2006 |

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